Born around 1842, Fannie Berry nee Moore grew up in Appomattox County enslaved on the farm of George Abbitt until she was moved to nearby Petersburg in 1861. As a part of the Federal Writer’s Project, she shared stories of her life that became part of the “Slave Narratives” collected by the New Deal's Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. In her interviews, Fanniey recounts many memories, not always the same way twice, of her days as a young enslaved woman in the community of Appomattox. Fannie's stories include celebrations held by the enslaved community as well as resistance and tribulations of other enslaved women she knew. After the Civil War, Fannie married Peter Berry, a Baptist Church minister in Petersburg. She was baptized on June 5, 1870 and married just a few months later in October of 1870 in historic Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg.